PME — Solanum tuberosum
Summary
StPME (PGSC0003DMG400039407) on potato chromosome 10 encodes a pectinesterase with pectinesterase and pectinesterase inhibitor activities, placing it in the pectin lyase fold/virulence family. The gene is associated with pectin metabolism and breakdown, cell wall modification and thickening, wound healing, fruit ripening, cell cycle, and cell division. It has been linked to amylose content, heterosis, lignin content, stem elongation, and photosynthetic rate. Studies of related genes in other species connect the PME family to fruit firmness, fruit color, fruit weight and size, sugar and lycopene content, cellulose content, chlorophyll content, root length, turgor pressure, and cytoplasmic male sterility.
Annotations
- Chromosome
- 10
- Related genes
- PME
- GO terms
- Wound Healing, Cell Wall Thickening, Pectinesterase Inhibitor Activity, Enzyme Inhibitor Activity, pectin metabolism, pectin breakdown, Fruit Ripening, GO:0032259
- Publications
- PMID:10750896, PMID:21281424, PMID:34163503, PMID:23246026, PMID:12188614, PMID:14747949, PMID:21656773, PMID:15528298
- Traits
- plant trait, root length, amylose content, cytoplasmic male sterility, fruit firmness, fruit size, chlorophyll content, lycopene content